opencog-atomspace / opencog / atoms / flow / MessagesOfLink.h

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#ifndef _OPENCOG_MESSAGES_OF_LINK_H
#define _OPENCOG_MESSAGES_OF_LINK_H

#include <opencog/atoms/core/FunctionLink.h>

namespace opencog
{
/** \addtogroup grp_atomspace
 *  @{
 */

/// The MessagesOfLink returns a LinkValue holding all of the messages
/// that are supported by the atoms in the outgoing set.
///
/// For example,
///
///     MessagesOfLink
///         Object "foo"
///         Object "bar"
///
/// will return
///
///     (LinkValue (Predicate "msg1") (Predicate "msg2") ...)
///
/// containing all messages from both atoms, merged into one set.
///
class MessagesOfLink : public FunctionLink
{
public:
	MessagesOfLink(const HandleSeq&&, Type = MESSAGES_OF_LINK);
	MessagesOfLink(const MessagesOfLink&) = delete;
	MessagesOfLink& operator=(const MessagesOfLink&) = delete;

	// Return a pointer to LinkValue holding all the messages.
	virtual ValuePtr execute(AtomSpace*, bool);

	static Handle factory(const Handle&);
};

LINK_PTR_DECL(MessagesOfLink)
#define createMessagesOfLink CREATE_DECL(MessagesOfLink)

/** @}*/
}

#endif // _OPENCOG_MESSAGES_OF_LINK_H